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and<\/li><li>Know whether NECSA has appropriate security measures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the personal information which is to be processed.<\/li><li>This Manual is applicable to all employees of the Necsa Group of companies.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c0f9ef elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3c0f9ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PAIA-Manual.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Please click here to access the PAIA manual.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78f3a28d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78f3a28d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/about-gap.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1896\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/about-gap.png 350w, https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/about-gap-300x1.png 300w, https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/about-gap-150x1.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAIA Manual Promotion of Access to Information Act The attached Manual about the Promotion of Access to Information Act No. 2 of 2000 (PAIA) is useful for the public to: Check the nature of the records which may already be available at NECSA, without the need for submitting a formal PAIA request; 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